Until We Meet Again by Rosemary Goodacre

Author:Rosemary Goodacre
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912973323
Publisher: Hera
Published: 2019-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Next day they endured the Sunday service as best they could. There were other families in mourning now and nothing Uncle Arthur said in his sermon seemed to make sense. Afterwards, he invited Amy and Florence back to the vicarage.

They refused the offer of sherry and Aunt Sophie brought them cups of tea.

Florence was pale and her hair tousled. ‘I wrote to Bertie early last week,’ she told them. ‘Do you think he got my letter before he was killed?’

‘Probably,’ Amy said.

‘It’s as though God hates us,’ Florence cried out suddenly. ‘Our young men are so brave and yet they’re getting killed or mutilated. What’s the purpose of it all?’

Amy had never known her friend so outspoken, yet her words chimed with her own thoughts.

‘It wasn’t God who started the war,’ Uncle Arthur pointed out.

‘Why doesn’t He listen to our prayers?’ Amy asked. Never had her faith been so challenged.

‘I can’t explain it,’ Uncle Arthur said, his usual smile missing, ‘but we must keep our trust in Him.’

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